Bachelor of Creative Arts
Publishing*
*available to continuing students who commenced prior to 2025
Unit set code
MJ-A317004
Students undertaking the Publishing major sequence (MJ-A317004) cannot undertake the Professional Writing minor sequence (MN-A317012)
Overview
Gain expertise, practical experience, and develop professional skills in the rapidly changing industry of publishing. The emphasis in this major is the achievement of professional standards in publishing. After undertaking introductory units on professional writing, publishing, and design, you will gain experience in editing, feature writing and writing for young people, and the process of digital publication.
Career outcomes
- Publishing
- Editing
- Education
- Research
- Copywriting and technical writing
- Performing Arts
Units
To complete a Major sequence in Publishing complete the eight (8) units as specified below
| ADD105 | Design Fundamentals |
| ALW101 | Writer's Toolkit: Craft and Creativity |
| ACC213 | Dilemmas, Defamation, Deception and Disinformation [2025 is the final year of offer for htis unit] |
| ALJ216 | Feature Writing |
| ALW223 | Creative Nonfiction: Inquiry, Integrity, Vulnerability |
| ALW225 | Designing Fictions |
| ALW352 | Writing and Publishing for Young People |
| ALW395 | Writing Lives: Emerging Forms and Contemporary Practices |
AIX117 Professional Writing for Work [No longer available for enrolment, AWL101 replaces this unit]
ALW204 Publishing Fundamentals [No longer available for enrolment, ALW223 replaces this unit]
ALW205 The Role of the Editor [No longer available for enrolment, ALW225 replaces this unit]
ALW396 Producing Digital Anthologies: From Concept to Publication [No longer available for enrolment, ALW395 replaces this unit]